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Westport woman Margaret Jennings will be measuring, mixing, and kneading up a storm at the National Ploughing Championships next week in her bid to be crowned the best brown bread baker in the country.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles have once again been selected as official Vehicle Sponsor for the National Ploughing Championships which will take place from September 23 in Ratheniska, Stradbally, Co Laois. The 83rd. National Ploughing Championship will run for four days and attracts on average 1,100 exhibitors and 189,000 visitors. The event is Ireland’s largest and one of Europe’s largest Outdoor Exhibitions and Agricultural Trade Shows.  

A Westport woman has made it all the way to the finals of the national brown bread baking competition.

The 50th National Steam Rally will be held in Stradbally, County Laois on Sunday and Monday August 3 and 4. This is the oldest steam rally in Ireland; the first ever rally was held in Stradbally, Co Laois in 1965.

One of the most highly anticipated events in the local agricultural calendar is taking place this Sunday with the Mayo County Ploughing Championships.

Forestry has proven itself to be one of the best investments farmers can make but the Government must not be tempted to pare back on its support to the sector in the forthcoming Budget, an industry expert has warned.

In a year that saw the largest ever number of individual and corporate debt judgements registered in the Irish courts, Westmeath fared relatively unscathed, with its 72,000 residents attracting 139 judgements totalling just over €5.2m; however much worse is predicted.

London ‘tropical punk’ purveyors Rum Shebeen make a welcome stop in Kilkenny this Sunday evening fresh from some Stradbally antics.

THIS YEAR’S Electric Picnic boasts an impressive and mouth-watering line up of acts such as Roxy Music, The National, and LCD Soundsystem, and now Galway band Lost Chord have joined the list.

The GMIT Castlebar Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC) has announced the winners of the GMIT Innovation Awards 2010.